One cold, stormy night in New York City, a mysterious object falls from the sky and smashes through the window of a rundown apartment building. It is an egg, and from this egg emerges a strange little spider. The creature is discovered by Charlotte, a rebellious 12 year old girl obsessed with comic books. Despite her stepfather Ethan's best efforts to connect with her through their comic book co-creation Fang Girl, Charlotte feels isolated. Her mother and Ethan are distracted by their new baby and are struggling to cope, leaving Charlotte to bond with the spider. Keeping it as a secret pet, she names it Sting.
- Released:
- Runtime: 91 minutes
- Genre: Horror, Thrillers
- Stars: Ryan Corr, Alyla Browne, Penelope Mitchell, Robyn Nevin, Noni Hazlehurst, Jermaine Fowler, Rowland Holmes, Danny Kim, Tony J. Black, Silvia Colloca, Alcira Carpio
- Director: Kiah Roache-Turner
Comments
- kennethkwr4 - 20 June 2024
Better than average
Contrary to some reviewers opinion I felt the 12 year old Charlotte carried the movie. If you don't have kids you may not understand how much Charlotte is like most kids her age. She is coming of age and wants to be noticed. She wants her opinions to matter. She obeys her parents about as much a most kids her age do. A pet spider shows just how bored she is. The character development is good between her and her stepfather and she grows to realize the danger in Sting's existence. The discovery of Sting's dislike for mothballs is hilarious. The grandmother's dementia add intrigue to the movie after she calls exterminators again and again not remembering that she called at all. There was enough jump scares to make the movie entertaining. After all this not intended to be a documentary it's ment to entertain and that it did! - jacobwadsworth - 9 June 2024
What have we become?
I'm seeing people rate this 7/10. Am i missing something here?
That rating is practically calling this a very good film, which couldn't be further away from the truth.
Don't get me wrong, my expectations weren't high considering the dire horror films we've had to endure recently, but come on... Why has the spider got super powers & growing at a ridiculous rate? Why are people living in the same apartment despite clearly disliking each other?
Oh & why, when the "dad" finds out the daughter has a dangerous spider, does he do nothing but quietly tells her off? Wtf!
BTW I am absolutely petrified of spiders, so this should be my worse nightmare, but the stealthy & deadly arachnid is so unrealistic that it doesn't bother me one bit, if anything, I find it bizarrely cute.
I hope this trend of horror movies changes because we keep getting told about them being "terrifying & creepy", they're so predictable & not scary one bit. - Heyitsbennett - 3 June 2024
Um....
The first 15 minutes were great. It was so 80s and so creature feature and set the tone so well. Unfortunately, it was brought down by lackluster storylines, things that had no connection to make sense, random moments of "shock" that tried to connect with everything else, and random plot lines that never showed up previously. I'm genuinely so disappointed that this started so strongly and then descended into random, complete, utter, bad writing that no amount of plot twist could save it from. It had such a good beginning with such good creature feature feeling with such good actor as the child that just turned into such a let down. The writing completely ruined this movie that otherwise had such good directorial moments and it's such a shame when this could've been great.
